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Microbiología 2000; 42 (2)
Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda: Cyclopoida):A scanning electron microscopy study.
Hernández-Chavarría F, Schaper S
Language: English
References: 13
Page: 53-56
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ABSTRACT
The copepod
Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides, a species used in the biological control of the mosquito
Aedes aegypti, is described using scanning electron microscopy; pictures of the 4
th and 5
th pair of legs, the maxillulae, maxilipeds and maxillas were taken.
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